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The Cerebellum in Neuropsychological Testing

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As we have seen, the cerebellum plays a role in a variety of cognitive processes. These domains include attention and executive functioning, speech and language, visuospatial functioning, and learning and memory, as discussed in Chapter 5 (Schmahmann, 2004). These functions are all routinely assessed in a standard neuropsychological assessment. The cerebro-cerebellar circuit is considered the neuroanatomic substrate subserving the cerebellum’s participation in these functions (Schmahmann & Pandya, 1997). The cerebellum also plays a central role in classical conditioning, temporal processing, and procedural learning, but these functions are very seldom, if ever, addressed during the course of a traditional neuropsychological evaluation.

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Koziol, L.F., Budding, D.E. (2009). The Cerebellum in Neuropsychological Testing. In: Subcortical Structures and Cognition. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84868-6_11

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